FCC Behavioral Health offers a variety of housing services for persons who are homeless. Our target population is homeless persons who suffer from mental health or substance abuse disabilities; especially those with co-occurring problems that often lead to chronic homelessness. Our housing programs fully comply with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Equal Housing Opportunities.

Our PHP (Permanent Housing Program) project is funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The PHP program provides permanent housing, in the form of rental assistance, to homeless persons with mental health, substance abuse, or co-occurring disabilities. Eligibility for the program consists of: documented homelessness, documented disability, and proof of income. This program serves 3 counties (Butler, Dunklin, and Pemiscot). We annually serve 13 individuals and 19 families, who were successfully engaged in active clinical services through Family Counseling. Our Cape Women and Children program is able to assist 14 single women and 13 families annually.

New Beginnings 811. Through the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program, HUD provides funding to develop and subsidize rental housing with the availability of supportive services for very low-income adults with disabilities. The Section 811 program allows persons with disabilities to live as independently as possible in the community by subsidizing rental housing opportunities which provide access to appropriate supportive services. We have a total of 10 units for low-income, disabled residents of Poplar Bluff.

When I first started in the Residential Treatment program, I had a hard time trusting anybody. The Staff there never stop trying to get through to me and even found ways to encourage me by participating in mudder run with me and several others. After leaving the program my level of trust with the staff there was much different and it gave me a motivation I had never had before. What I learned from this program has helped me to understand the importance of trusting others, but it has given me the tools to work hard and find more productive and healthy things to do with my time outside of using drugs or alcohol and hope that each person that comes through the program is able to open their minds long enough to be able to take in the same motivations that I left with.